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Photograph of children seated on boat, ca. 1939

Photograph of children (including Rita and Johnny Butti) in unidentified location, seated on boat ca. 1939.

The Butti family of North Bay, ON was related by marriage to Luigi Pancaro.

Luigi Pancaro was a surgeon, trained in Italy. He was a supporter of fascism -- believing it had improved the socioeconomic status of most Italians. On June 10, 1940 he was arrested as a threat to the Canadian state.